Life Slice

01/10/2023

Key tips for better gardening in 2023

Our blog is dedicated to bringing you current information on sustainable, healthy living.

01/05/2023

A great resource for helping support birds

Providing food—for photography or simple enjoyment—can be a thorny issue. For guidance, ask yourself these three questions.

12/04/2021

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/crude-reality-one-u-s-state-consumes-half-the-oil-from-the-amazon-rainforest/ar-AARnzoN?ocid=msedgntp

As oil companies carve up more of the rainforest, a new study says no place in the world uses more oil from beneath the Amazon than California.

11/18/2021

Can't say enough about mulching to help combat climate change and pests. An updated guide now available: https://www.life-slice.com/mulching.html

How to garden, raise chickens, dairy goats, barns and milk rooms, orchards, compost and plan and install rainwater collection, solar and green building.

11/02/2021

https://www.life-slice.com/yardtalk-blog/rats-and-mice-easy-and-inexpensive-rodent-control

Learn how encouraging habitation of predatory birds sustainably controls and reduces rodent populations.

11/01/2021

Climate change is impacting pollinators, please support them with flowering plants. Learn how to incorporate a pollinator garden in your home at

easy steps for growing a pollinator garden

10/20/2021

https://gardenandgun.com/articles/see-a-rare-litter-of-eastern-diamondback-rattlesnakes/

With “big old eyes and a button for a rattle,” these baby snakes offer hope for a struggling species

10/15/2021

https://www.life-slice.com/yardtalk-blog/using-shoulder-seasons-to-prepare-for-harsh-weather

10/11/2021

It all has to start with data:

https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2021/09/ebird-data-can-help-track-bee-health?fbclid=IwAR3HuuGcXzG9dC7zqMYldFNe5pjCUsVPzXNXL5HNRlF4vsoLuSbVPNSUHuA

A two-year, $500,000 grant will allow a team of Cornell data scientists and ecologists to use eBird data to explore a new way to track pollinator health and biodiversity.

08/23/2021

https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/how-is-the-snowiest-place-on-earth-faring-in-this-record-hot-summer-it-s-a-little-rocky-on-rainier/ar-AANDWAg?ocid=msedgntp

Washington’s Mount Rainier is either the snowiest place on Earth, or a close runner up.

08/20/2021

As much as a quarter of the world's population now faces severe water scarcity at least one month out of the year

Unprecedented levels of dam building and water extraction by nations on great rivers are leaving countries further downstream increasingly thirsty, increasing the risk of conflicts.